American with Croatian roots leaves 30 thousand dollars to Durdevac and almost half a million dollars – to her cats

Marija Horvatek, born in Durdevac, Croatia has been living for decades in Chicago. She passed away two years ago and her dying wish was to make the children of Durdevac happy – as well as her cats – according to the story published by RTL.

She has left 30 thousand dollars to her birthplace and 470 thousand dollars, jewellery and all her belongings to her five cats.

The mayor of Durdevac, Hrvoje Janci, commented for the RTL that they will use this money to buy musical instruments for their musical school, which will really delight the children.